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NEW YORK: The landmark Santa Monica-based boutique Fred Segal Fun will be the focus of a new as-yet-untitled docuseries for Bravo. Produced by Target Entertainment, the new series will look inside the action-packed boutique, which is fashion-forward and full of …

ARLINGTON: PBS has launched a video portal to house thousands of hours of its content, including full-length episodes from flagship strands like American Experience, Frontline and NOVA. The PBS Video Portal, housed on the PBS site, is currently in beta. It houses episodes …

LOS ANGELES: Former Live Nation executive Gordon Chu is joining Metan Development Group as VP of business development to oversee global and U.S. business operations for the company. Chu most recently served as director of business development for Live Nation’s …

NEW YORK: The first three seasons of American Gangster, a new series from BET that spotlights notorious criminals, have been acquired by AETN International, which now holds the worldwide sales rights and will air the program on its Crime & …

LOS ANGELES: Robin Schwartz is stepping down as the president of OWN: The Oprah Winfrey Network, the cable channel that is slated to launch early next year. First hired as programming chief last year, Schwartz helped set up the channel’s Los …

EL SEGUNDO: DIRECTV’s The 101 Network has added the HBO dramas Deadwood and OZ to its Sunday night lineup, airing them commercial free beginning May 21. The shows were previously only available to HBO subscribers. Deadwood centers on the lives …

CHATSWORTH: The U.S. rights to the British crime film The Crew have been taken on by Image Entertainment. Image now holds rights for the film across theatrical, broadcast, home video and digital. The Crew follows respected crime boss Ged Brennan, …

BURBANK: Authentic Entertainment, a U.S.-based production outfit dedicated to nonfiction programming, has launched a new division, Authentic Digital, to support its new-media efforts.  The new division will focus on syndication of the company’s library titles and generating new revenues in …

HONG KONG: Pay-TV broadcasters in the Asia Pacific will achieve revenues of $20 billion by 2013, according to a new report from Media Partners Asia, which also notes that the region will see between 20 million and 25 million net new …

MOUNTAIN VIEW: The online video platform Ustream and Ashton Kutcher’s Katalyst Media are combining their content and technology offerings to bring live, interactive and original programming to audiences online. Katalyst, behind shows such as Punk’d and Beauty and the Geek, …